Pipe or tubing support



Feb. 13, 1951 c, w, ATTWOQD 2,541,908

PIPE 0R TUBING SUPPORT Filed July 7, 1945 IN V EN TOR. (bar/e5 h. At twood formed into small hooks Ii.

Patented Feb. 13, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT orrics 2,541,908 PIPE RTUBING SUPPORT Charles W; Attwood, Wayne, Mich. Application July 7,1945, Serial No. 603,635 2 Claims. (oil 248-74) The present inventionrelates to tubing or pipe supports and specifically to spring clipsorsuspending means.

Among the objects of the invention is a spring tubing or pipe supportparticularly adapted for use with channeled structural members such asshown in United States Patents Nos. 2,327,587, of August 24. 1943;2,329,815, of Sept. 21. 1943: and 2,868,382 of October 26, 1944, issuedto the present inventor though not limited to such members.

may be placed in position without the use 0! nails, screws, or otherattaching means.

Another object is a support which holds firmly a range of sizes of tubesor pipes. 7

Another object is a support which the tube being supported acts to fixmore firmly the support means.

Still other objects and advantages will be apparent to those skilled inthe art upon reference to the following description and the accompanyinsdrawings in which ss. 1. 2 and 3 are respectively side, end, and topviews of the support.

Fi 4 is a view illustrating the use of the sui port and Fig. 5 is an endview oi Fig. 4.

The device, as indicated in the drawings, consists of a sheet metalstrip having out out tongues I0 and having the remaining uncut portionsThe tongues ii) are bent over and curved as shown in Fig. 2, and mayhave rounded ends as indicated in Fig. 3.

In the preferred use ofthe device, it is. as stated above, especiallyadapted for use with such Another object'is tubing or pipe support whicha channel member as shown in any, one 01' the several patents listed.This form of channel member has a. cross section such as is indicated inFig. 5 at I6. and has th edges of the channel turned inwardly and theextreme edges of the thus formed flanges again turned inwardly so as toproduce a slot lengthwise of the member bounded by short upstandin wallportion ill.

Channel members of this type are intended for use as structuralmaterials and in the making of various articles.-

In utilizing the device for the support of tubes or pipes, the hookportions ii will be inserted into the channel It and upon the devicebein allowed to expand. these hook portions hook over the flanges l6 andthus are secured in place. By virtue of the opening IOA from which thetongues III are displaced, sufliclent space is provided between thechannel i! and the tongues for the insertion of tubes or pipes 20, andthese are fixed firmly ass-inst movement by the actionaof the tonguesill. as indicated in Figs. 4 and 6 It is preferred to make the device ofspring stock so that the pipes are held resiliently and so that thetongues ill will not be permanently deformed.

Further, as indicated in Fig. 4, a plurality of the devices may be usedalongside each other to support several tubes in a relatively smallspace since so additional area of material isrequhed for the purpose offixing the supporting member inplace by means of screws, bolts, etc.

Further, because ofthe fact that the tongues iii are or spring material,diflerent size pipes or tubes are firmly fixed without any adjustment.

Itisof course obvious that other means of supporting the clips and tubesthan the particular channel indicated at I5 may be used.

Now having described the invention and the preferred embodiment thereof.it is to be understood that said invention is to be limited, not to thespecific details herein set forth, but only by the scope of the claimswhich follow:

I claim:

1. In combination with a longitudinally slotted supporthaving flanges atthe sides of said slot. 9. tube Supporting clip consisting of a U-shaped member having hook portions at the extremitie of its armsand'adapted to enact with said flanges, said arms having portionsdisplaced outwardly therefrom to provide openings in said arms for thepassage oi a. tube or pipe with said displaced portions forming tonguesadjacent said openings.

2. In combination with a longitudinally slotted support having flangesat the sides of said slot, a tube supporting clip consistin of a 'U-shaped member having hook portions at the extremities oi its arms andadapted to coact with said flanges, and having tongues displacedoutwardly from intermediate portions of said arms whereb to provideopenings in said arms for the passage of a tube or pipe, said tonguesbeing CHARLES W. ATTWOOD.

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